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Frontier Times Magazine
Vol
22 No. 10 - July, 1945
Contents of this
volume:
The Glory That Was Belle Plain
By J. Marvin Hunter
Account of the historically significant
old town of Belle Plain and of Belle
Plain College grounds, in Callahan
county, Texas.
HERE IS EXCELLENT
EARLY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF CALLAHAN
COUNTY, TX.
Mentions: Mayor Hugh Ross, Jr.,
W. L. Ray, Claude Flores * Presiding
Elder J. T. L. Annis * Prof. J.
H. Yonlee * Judge I. M. Onins *
Katie Belle McGhee * Mrs. Homer
Driskill, Mrs. B. L. Boydstun, and
Dr. V. E. Hill * Merchant & McCoy
* W. T. Berry * McMinn & Seay *
T. J. Austin * J. M. Polk * West
& Allen * Wilson L. Henry * Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Power * Parvin &
Power * B. L. Bellamy * S. J. McWaters
* S. E. Chittim * J. E. Thomas *
W. H. Criett * , J. L. Porter *
E. E. Solomon * G. W. Perryman *
John Boyer * J. R. Fleming * ; J.
M. Moore * J. E. M. Hedley * Wm.
H. Parvin * T. J. Austin and R.
M. Black * J. C. Strickland, Charnel
C. Hightower, William Stone, W.
C. Sparks, and W. B. Bloys * the
Callahan County Clarendon * Lotz
& Rust publishers * W. E. Gilliland
* 'the Tecumseh Banner * the Texas
& Pacific Railroad * Claude Flores
* Joe Crutchfield * Mollie Henderson
Crutchfield * the Crutchfield home
on Pecan Bayou * Cage Heslip * the
Merchant and McCoy ranch * Ranche
Reed * Kate Hill Franklin and Cliff
Hill of Baird * The Cliff Hill ranch
* Ida Cutbirth Hill * Earnest Hill
* "Hog" Jackson * Peachie Jackson
* Wilson L. Henry * Mrs. Lee Estes
and Larmer Henry of Baird * Liter
Huffman * J. W. Power * W. H. Parvin
* the "Power Hotel," and general
store * Rev. J. T. Austin * Mrs.
Mamie Parvin Hill * Mrs. Margie
Parvin Brelsford and George Parvin
of Eastland, Texas * Col. Lark Hearn
* the Hearn estate * Bob Hearn of
Fort Worth and Miss Media Dudley
* Professor F. W. Chatfield and
Mrs. Chatfield * Miss Minnie Hearn
* Professor F. W. Chatfield * Rev.
J. T. L. Annis * Dr. J. H. Yonley
* Henry James * Dilworth Parremeore
* Eunice Parremore * Kate Irvin,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Austin * Willie
Flores Barnhill * Kate Flores Young
* John and Lige Merchant * Arthur
Young * Lena Floyd Wooldredge *
Maltby Price * Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Merchant * Cal Merchant * Clarendon
* John Flores * the Seale ranch
* Miss Frances Loraine Seale * Miss
Elamore Seale * Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Seale * Mr. and Mrs. Tom Russell
* Mr. and Mrs. Tom Floyd * Miss
Willie Floyd * Jim Flores * A. D.
Flores of Hot Springs, N. M., *
Capt. Jeff Maltby * Jimmie Maltby
* Morgan Price * Fannie Maltby Price
* Dr. Thayer * Dr. S. T. Fraser
and Mrs. Fraser * Joe Fraser * Judge
Otis Boyer * Judge F. S. Bell *
Mrs. Melvinie Merchant * Stratton
Webb * Frank Collins * Mrs. Alice
Merchant Collins Tuttle * Ed and
Brown Seay * Sim McCoy * Miss Nora
Black * Mrs. Jess Gibbs, Bowden
* Col. C. W. Merchant * Clabe Merchant
* Mae McCoy, John Flores * the Merchant
& McCoy "74" ranch on the Pecan
Bayou * Lizzie Cutbirth McCoy *
Mac Watters * The first teacher
was Mrs. Westmorland * The first
minister was Rev. J. T. Austin *
Mrs John Blakley * Mr. and Mrs.
S. H. French * Tom French * Mrs.
H. A. Warren * Grandmother McFarlan
* Mrs. Dee Campbell, Jim, Wash and
Price McFarlan * Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Young * the Young farm and ranch
* Captain J. W. Jones * Oscar Jones
and Laura Jones Windham * Webb Bruton
* Mrs. Inez Bruton Williams * Tellar
and Evelyn Blakley * the Blakley
ranch * Jim Denham * Clabe Flores
* the Austin Hole on the Bayou *
Sarah Skinner Merchant * Zudie Austin
* Jack Merchant * Mr. and Mrs. Rod
Kelton *
DR. C. T. KEYES DIES.
Obituary of Dr. C. T. Keyes,
prominent physician of San Angelo,
Texas for thirty-four years. Mentions:
Central Grove, Miss * Miss Lillie
Davis * etc.
We Have No Vice President
The Good Old Days In Texas
By Adolphe Huffmeyer
Recollections of old times in
Bandera, County Texas.
Mentions: the E. Huffmeyer &
Brother mercantile store in Bandera
* a large Jewish clothing firm by
the name of Naumberg, Krause, Lauer
& Co * Sol Jacobs * H. H. Carmichael
& Comapny * Enos and Newt Wufter
* Louis Oge * Jim Riddle * the Jim
Riddle bank at Eagle Pass * the
Wufters * an old Mexican general,
named Escobedo, who owned a million-acre
hacienda * Enos Wufter * Rev. Sam
Chambers * the A. T. & S. F. Railroad
* Mark Withers of Lockhart * Mr.
Sam Maverick * Louis Oge * St. Mary's
Collge * Miss Bettis Newton * Henry
Tollett * old Charley Stewart *
the two Shadley brothers * Frio
Town * the Massey family * Elm Praire
* Jim Newton * Jim Blackaller *
the Oge ranch * Jake Vinton, a Yankee
* the Woodward and Oge ranch * Henry
Curtis * Mrs. Young and Jim and
Tom Newton of Atascosa county *
Caven Woodward * Miss Rosalee Newton
* Jack Phillips * Miss Ivy Rugh
* J. N. Hodges *
What San Jacinto Day Means
By Juanita C. Duncan.
This subject, or what San Jacinto
Day really is, may be briefly explained
as the day on which the Battle of
San Jacinto was fought when Texas
won her independence from Mexico.
On the other hand, the definition
is far from adequate for to Texians
the name San Jacinto represents
the foundation on which rest the
proudest memories of early Texas
history. Here is the story of the
great battle.
Passing Of Adolphe Huffmeyer
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Obituary of Mr. Adolphe Huffmeyer
of San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Huffmeyer
for several years worked as a cowboy
in Bandera County. In 1877 he entered
the mercantile business in Bandera,
being associated with his brother,
Emil Huffmeyer. Mentions: the firm
of Braden O'Neill * Miss Mattie
Rugh * Fred V. Huffmeyer, Mrs. Stella
Seymour, Mrs. Ruth Hutchison * Mrs.
Mina Simpson, and Mrs. Catherine
Whayne *
A Tragedy Of The Texas Frontier
A. J. Sowell, in the San Antonio
Light, July 30, 1916.
Fort Davis, county seat of Jeff
Davis county, is situated at the
foot of the Davis Mountains, and
named for Jefferson Davis, president
of the Southern Confederacy. The
fort has its tragic frontier history.
This is the account of the massacre
of the Fort Davis troops, in the
late 1870's.
Mentions: Mr. Frank Sproul *
the Apache chief Victorio * Ojinaga
* George Floccker * Lee Sowell *
George Newton and Otis Fenley, ranchmen
* Captain Gillett * Captain George
Baylor and Lieutenant Neville *
the Guadalupe Mountains *
Jesse James Robs A Texas Stage
By J. Marvin Hunter.
It has often been disputed that
Jesse James and his gang ever operated
in Texas. But there are accounts
by those who knew that the James
boys, Frank and Jesse, rendezvoused
in Texas, and there is more than
one incident that connected them
with robberies in this state. The
hold-up and robbery of the Austin
and San Antonio stage on April 7th,
1874, is the subject of this account.
Mentions: Cole Younger, Bob Younger
and Jim Younger, and Jim Reed *
Bishop Gregg of the Episcopal Diocese
of Texas * George Brackenridge *
the First National Bank of San Antonio
*
Texas Rangers Are Still Active
By J. Marvin Hunter.
Mentions: Captain R. W. Aldrich
* Captain Ira Aten * J. Price Maddox
of Sweetwater, and George Prendergast
of Marshall * George W. Cottingham
of Houston * Lucy Rivers Maynard,
the eight year old daughter of the
County Judge of Bastrop * Fred Hickman,
* Camp Swift * Director Hickman
* Colonel L. A. Kurtz * Major General
Harry L. Twaddle * Pvt. George S.
Knapp *
Circuit Riding Days In West Texas
By J. Marvin Hunter.
The early preachers of West Texas
rode horseback and carried their
bibles in a pair of saddlebags.
They knew how to quote scripture
when fighting the devil; could also
shoot a carbine as straight as anyone
and, if needs be, could kill an
Indian when said Indian was on the
warpath.
Mentions: Parson Robertson *
Robertson Peak in Coleman county
* Buffalo Gap in Taylor county *
Mr. and Mrs. Sam D. Jobe * John
and Will Spaulding of Abilene *
Laurence M. Klauber *
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